Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.

Language:
English.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions:

None.

Provenance:

Gift of Mrs. Cyril Frank Elwell, 1963

Publication Rights:

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

Cyril Frank Elwell, who earned his engineer's degree at Stanford University in 1908, was a pioneer engineer in radio-telegraph
research and long-distance communications. Along with other Stanford engineers, he was active in early electronics firms in
Palo Alto, California.

Scope and Contents Note:

These papers contain several versions of Elwell's autobiography, including one written under a pseudonym and correspondence
with possible ghost writers, especially R. B. Stone. Also included are engineering papers, clippings, biographical materials,
and correspondence.

CONTAINER LIST

Box no. 1, Folder 1

Autobiography. Notebook with typed copy and manuscript corrections.

Box no. 1, Folder 2

Autobiography. Notebook with typed copy but no corrections.

Box no. 1, Folder 3

Autobiography. Notebook with typed copy of marked pages 2-66.

Box no. 1, Folder 4

Autobiography. Notebook with typed copy and manuscript corrections. Version C.

Box no. 1, Folder 5

Autobiography. Typed copy of tape recorded reminiscences,
1957.

Box no. 1, Folder 6

Autobiography. Typed copy of tape recorded reminiscences, revised.

Box no. 1, Folder 7

Autobiography. Version P begining with page 2.

Box no. 1, Folder 8

Autobiography. Another version.

Box no. 1, Folder 9

Revised autobiography with the aid of R. B. Stone. Outline for possible publisher.